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Rise in respiratory infections led to class cancelation

Rise in respiratory infections led to class cancelation

Abby Breyfogle, General News Reporter February 14, 2024

The rise in COVID-19, cold and flu rates over the past few weeks caused many students and professors to fall behind in their classes. According to the CDC Texas is experiencing “very high” levels...

Miakan-Garza Band continues wait for UT to return ancestors’ remains

Miakan-Garza Band continues wait for UT to return ancestors’ remains

Aaron Sullivan, Senior News Reporter February 13, 2024

President Jay Hartzell promised in 2020 to return Indigenous human remains in the University’s archaeology collection. The Miakan-Garza Band placed a new repatriation request on Jan. 26 after recent...

Jordyn Butler, an African and African Diaspora Studies sophomore, works at the former Multicultural Engagement Center on Monday. Butler served as the public relations chair of Afrikan American Affairs, a former MEC agency, last semester.

Former Multicultural Engagement Center agencies demand UT reestablishes center

Naina Srivastava, Senior News Reporter February 13, 2024

Former Multicultural Engagement Center agencies are demanding that the University reestablish the MEC, affirm job security for former center staff and return privately sourced money, according to a Feb....

General Philippe Lavigne, the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation to NATO speaks at the NATO and the Future of American Security Conference in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Tuesday.

NATO conference discusses future of American security

Jaelyn Rodriguez, General News Reporter February 12, 2024

Dozens of guests filled the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Feb. 6. to attend the first installment of the 2024 NATO Washington Summit Campaign put on by the Transatlantic Security Initiative to examine...

Facilitator Professor Sherri Greenberg and panelists (from left to right) Will Griffin, Kenneth Fleischmann, and Steve Kramer spoke on artificial intelligence technology advances on Thursday in the UT FAC.

Texas Career Engagement panel examines ethical considerations of AI in the workplace

Melanie Faz, General News Reporter February 12, 2024

A Texas Career Engagement panel, cohosted with Good Systems, discussed the implications and integration of artificial intelligence in the workplace on Feb. 8. Sherri Greenberg, assistant dean at the...

Former UT lecturer and pharmacist finds passion teaching high school students

Former UT lecturer and pharmacist finds passion teaching high school students

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter February 12, 2024

Every morning, 11th and 12th-grade teacher Karen Whitefield turns the lights on in her classroom at Northbrook High School in Houston and prepares her lesson plans for the day. While she once taught genetics...

Texas Exes to host cultural graduation celebrations

Texas Exes to host cultural graduation celebrations

Naina Srivastava, Senior News Reporter February 9, 2024

Texas Exes will host cultural graduation celebrations for students and their families after the University announced it will no longer fund cultural graduation ceremonies because of Senate Bill 17, a Texas...

UT professor’s latest book ‘Guaraná’ earns multiple distinctions

UT professor’s latest book ‘Guaraná’ earns multiple distinctions

Caroline McConnico, General News Reporter February 8, 2024

A UT history professor earned three distinctions for his latest book at the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco last month. Seth Garfield’s book, titled “Guaraná:...

Soncia Reagins-Lilly, former vice president for student affairs, announces retirement from University

Soncia Reagins-Lilly, former vice president for student affairs, announces retirement from University

Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter February 8, 2024

Soncia Reagins-Lilly, former vice president for student affairs and dean of students, announced her retirement from the University on Jan. 23, marking the end of her 17-year tenure at UT. Tom Dison,...

Professor Jay Banner guides his science of environmental justice class through testing the water quality of Waller Creek on East 23rd Street on Feb. 2.

UT geosciences professor receives prestigious Cherry Award

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter February 7, 2024

A UT geosciences professor won one of the most prestigious awards in teaching on Jan. 23. Jay Banner, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of the Environmental...

Eric Hiatt, Sinjini Sinha and Travis Stone, graduate students from the Jackson School of Geosciences received a 2024 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. In January, 14 TAs across the country were recognized.

Geoscience TAs recognized for innovative work in classroom

Emma Nguyen, General News Reporter February 6, 2024

Three teaching assistants from the Jackson School of Geosciences were recognized for their contributions to geoscience education in January. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award “recognizes outstanding...

Public relations senior Kaylee Gustin holds her son, Aiden, on campus on Saturday. “(Before I was a parent), I would sleep in until 20 minutes before my class and I would run down here and do the bare minimum,” Gustin said. “Now, I have to make the best grades possible because we’re trying to build this future and our money depends on it.”

University adopts Title IX policy for pregnant and parenting students

Naina Srivastava, Senior News Reporter February 6, 2024

Kaylee Gustin wakes up every day at 3 a.m. to feed her 10-month-old. She makes him a bottle, changes his diaper and rocks him until he falls asleep an hour later. When they wake again in the morning, Gustin...

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